Town Meeting to Consider Teacher Pay Plan and Incinerator
The annual financial town meeting at Reynolds School will discuss the teacher salary plan aimed at immediate modest increases and longer term improvements, plus a $70,000 incinerator proposal. A special sewer study for Washington Street reports $88,500 in remedial work, and a dump dispute with a resident prompts calls to halt dumping on her property.
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Reynolds
Bertram W. Wall
Orig
Wm W Perry
Special
Boston
Washington Street
Final Night For Annual Production At St Marys School
The annual St Marys School operetta Kathleen the Maid of Kaillar ney directed by the Sisters of Mercy ends this final night. A dress rehearsal was held Wednesday morning and the show featured colorful costumes a flower dance a military drill music pantomime and specialty acts delighting attendees.
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St. Mary’s School
Kathleen
Alonzo Reynolds Honorably Discharged From Navy
Alonzo Franklin Reynolds son of Mr and Mrs Alonzo H Reynolds of 19 Metacom Avenue was honorably discharged from active duty in the United States Navy on March 13 after 39 months of service. He last served on the USS Intrepid and attended Colt Memorial High School before joining the service. He had been employed by US Rubber Co as a truck driver.
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Alonzo Franklin Reynolds, McMmle
Alonzo H Reynolds
Metacom Avenue
United States Navy
Colt Memorial High School
The
US Rubber Co
Australia
John D Moore Elected Rotary Vice President
John D Moore manager of the Bristol County district of the Narragansett Electric Co was elected vice president of the Rotary Club by the board of directors who met Wednesday after the regular club session. He replaces John Garrity who resigned when the Herreshoff Mfg Company was closed in Bristol.
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John D Moore
Bristol County
Narragansett Electric Co
Mr Moore
John Garrity
Herreshoft Mfg
Bristol
Unexpected Happenings In Blithe Spirit at Guiteral School
Bristol Community Theater Group presents Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit in the Guiteral School Auditorium tonight and tomorrow. The cast includes Anna Kehrek Edith Madame Arenti Herrmann Wilbur Doctor Bradman and Mrs Bradman with S Morton Giles directing and Meiggs handling lighting.
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Noel Coward
Bristol Community Theater Group
Albert T Fusonie
Ruth
Fusonie
Anna Kehrek
Edith
Arthur M McCaw
Madame Arenti
Herrmann Wilbur
Doctor Bradman
S Morton Giles
Bradman
Arlene Fiske Johnson
Elvin
Donald F Mortisses
Charles
James F. Meiggs
Philip Clark
Mary Street
Kenneth Olson
Lloyd Smith
Nathaniel Gladding Jr
Rhode Island bus hearings push for better service in Bristol area
Public utility administrator Thomas A Kennelly moves toward a public hearing and investigation of NETCO bus service for Barrington Warren and Bristol. Five new Reo buses arrive after a recent war era rail talks effort, with authorities proposing two bills and a resolution to form a new county bus company and restore rail passenger traffic. The public reacts to recent service improvements and cautions about strikes.
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General Assembly
Bristol
Thomas A Kennelly
New England Transportation Company
Kennelly
Fred C Broomhead
Barrington
Wiliam J Smith
Warren
Daniel G Coggeshall
Harold W Tucker
Edward J Sevigny
Henry Alfred
New Haven
Providence
Senate
Bristol County
Kearney Post Awarded Second-Rated National Honor 1945
Kearney Post No 6 of The American Legion Rhode Island receives a national citation for a balanced Americanism and activities program for 1945. The post held 287 paid members in 1946, sponsored the first community Halloween parade, aided war service projects, supported veterans legislation, and welcomed over 1 500 children to a community event. The 1945 award, signed by National Commander Edward J Scheiberling, honors meritorious service and loyalty.
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Kearney
Department of Rhode Island
American Legion
National Americanism Commission
National
Indianapolis
Indiana
USA
Edward J Scheiberling
Donald G Glascoff
George Andrews
Raymond Reilly
Rhode Island
Kearney Post
Southwest Pacific
Legion
Idea Of College In Bristol Will Be Discussed
Notices have been sent out by Rev A R Parshley about establishing a school of college at Bristol. The meeting is public and open to interested persons tonight at 8 oclock in his office at 399 Hope Street.
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A. R Parshley
College Tevet
Bristol
Parshley
Hope Street
Peace
Australia
Budget and School Reports Ahead of Town Meeting
Copies of the Budget Report are available at the Town Clerk office and on Hope Street, with both Budget and Annual School Committee reports to be distributed at the Reynolds School during the financial town meeting Monday evening.
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Hope Street
Financial Town Meeting
Reynolds
Garden Clubs Attend Bristol Luncheon and Engagement News
The Bristol Garden Clubs were well represented at a luncheon at the Narragansett Hotel hosted by the Federation of Garden Clubs of Rhode Island. Engagement announced for Caroline Stanzione to Saverio Carrara, Bristol residents with Carraras in Brooklyn.
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Bristol Garden Clubs
Narragansett Hotel
Federation of Garden Clubs of
Rhode Island
Sweater Gift Helps Awakening in a War Worn Prisoner
A former prisoner of war from Ohama Japan recounts how a single Red Cross knitted sweater saved an Australian man named Peace in a Japanese camp. The garment kept him alive through a brutal winter, renewing his will to live and shaping his future after liberation.
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James D. McEwan
Rinesstood
Scotland
RAF Fleet
Providence
Red Cross
McEwan
Singapore
Java
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
American Red Cross
Providence, R. I
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Alonzo F. Reynolds
Navy
John D. Moore
Rotary
Joan Leslie
Robert Hutton
Cartoon
Bashful Buzzard
Pete Smith
Tom Conway
Ann Rutherford
Tugboat
Annie
Jane Darwell
Edgar Kennedy
Fred Allen
Jack Benny
Don Ameche
Victor Moore
Rudy Vallee
William Bendix
Robert Benchley
Jerry Colonna
Binnie Barnes
Dave O’brien
Kay Aldridge In
NETCO
Reo
Lansing
Michigan
National Headquarters
Post
Frederick N Palmer
Sebastian Bernard J
Bristol Garden Club
Witham Perry
Luigi Stanzione
State Street
Caroline
Saverio Carrara
Luigi Carrara
Brooklyn
Mass Stanzione
Crown Fastener Co
Carrara
Melville
Highway Department
ST. Angelo Motors
County RD
Ohama
Dasti
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